Identification:
The largest New World venomous snake; broad, rounded triangle head, brown or blackish with dark eye-stripes; body yellowish; red-brown, grey-brown, or tan with a pattern of brown or black blotches in diamond shape; conspicuous ridge running along the middle of the back; often longer than 2m (6.5 ft). and sometimes to 3.5m (11.5ft).
Habitat:
Low and middle elevation wet forests over parts of the Caribbean and southern Pacific slopes; terrestrial often found near large buttressed trees of fallen logs.
If you want to read about Eco-Tourism, Ecology, Behavior, Breeding and more of Costa Ricas' Fauna, we recommend to buy the Travelers' Wildlife Guide of Costa Rica by Les Beletzky (or Belesky) with beautiful illustrations by Davis Dennis. This priceless guide is our constant companion, when we travel around Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua.
To buy the complete book visit Interlink Books
The team of FlamingoLink, S.A. wishes you the best of times in our little paradise called Costa Rica.
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